The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Bulkeley, Richard.= Came to Nova Scotia with Governor Cornwallis, 1749.
Appointed secretary of the province, 1759, and continued to hold office
under thirteen successive governors, until 1793. Member of the Council
of Nova Scotia, 1759. Administrator of Nova Scotia, 1791; judge of the
Admiralty Court; brigadier-general of militia. Died, 1800. =Bib.=:
Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.
=Buller, Charles= (1806-1848). Born in Calcutta. Entered Parliament in
1830; and called to the bar, 1831. In 1838 secretary to Lord Durham and
accompanied him on his momentous mission to Canada. In 1846 judge
advocate-general, and in 1847 chief poor law commissioner. =Index=: =BL=
His connection with Durham's Report, 235; on colonial self-government,
235. =Sy= Lord Durham's chief secretary, 98; object of great dislike to
Upper Canada Tories, 98; his speech in House of Commons on union
resolutions, 122; advocates responsible government for Canada, 123. =Mc=
Credited with authorship of Lord Durham's Report, 82, 83. =Bib.=: _Dict.
Nat. Biog._; Strachey, _Charles Buller_: Bradshaw, _Self-Government in
Canada_.
=Bullion.= =Ch= Negotiates restoration of Quebec, 220.
=Bullion, Mme. de.= =F= Benefactress of Hôtel Dieu at Montreal, 29.
=Bulyea, George Headley Vickers.= Born in Gagetown, New Brunswick.
Educated at University of New Brunswick. For a time principal of the
Sunbury County Grammar School. Removed to Qu'Appelle, North-West
Territories, 1883. Elected to the North-West Council, 1894; special
representative to the Yukon, 1896; commissioner of agriculture and
public works in the Territorial government; appointed first
lieutenant-governor of Alberta, 1905. =Bib.=: _Canadian Who's Who_.
=Bunker Hill.= =Hd= Battle of, 108.
=Burel, Brother Gilbert.= =Ch= Jesuit, 152; returns to France, 208.
=Burgoyne, John= (1723-1792). Born in England. Educated at Westminster,
and entered the army in 1740. In 1775 served in New England; second in
command, 1776, and lieutenant-general, 1777. In the latter year
succeeded General Carleton as commander-in-chief of the forces in
Canada. After several successful engagements with the Americans,
defeated at Saratoga in October, 1777. In 1782 commander-in-chief in
Ireland. =Index=: =Dr= Arrives with reinforcements, 144; marches up
Richelieu, 146; returns to England, 163; returns to Canada, haying been
promoted over head of Carleton, 171; his personal charm, 174; his
previous career, 175, 176; occupies Ticonderoga, 178; injudicious speech
of, 178; his surrender at Saratoga, 180; his defence of himself, 182.
=Hd= A court favourite, supersedes Carleton, 112; his disastrous
campaign, 113, 126; Hamilton's expedition compared to his, 168. =Bib.=:
_Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Burk, Rev. J.= =S= Censured by Simcoe, 190.
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